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The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery Paperback – May 11, 2012

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Like UFO's, Big Foot, and the Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness monster continues to fascinate us by the persistence of its mystery. While many authors have focused upon the search for Nessie, Bauer is the first to present a detailed and balanced look at the history of the controversy surrounding this search. Bauer is much more concerned with examining the sociological, psychological, and philosophical aspects of the Loch Ness controversy than with proving or disproving Nessie's existence. He shows that the Nessie phenomenon has much to tell us about how we acquire our beliefs, about the nature of the scientific enterprise, and about the adversarial relationship between mainstream science and ""fringe"" subjects, such as Nessie. The result of more than a decade of research, Bauer's study includes both famous and little known photos and illustrations, the most complete bibliography yet compiled on the subject, and a list of close to 800 reported sightings. Whether you believe in Nessie or laugh at the mere thought of believing, you'll find The Enigma of Loch Ness both entertaining and enlightening.

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May 11, 2012
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[E]xceptionally well written and well researched. . . . Fascinating discussion of society's attitude toward anomalous beliefs and claims, and of the nature of science."" --Good Book Guide ""We need more books of this type . . . putting the whole Nessie question (as well as other cryptozoological creatures) in perspective."" --American Rationalist ""[O]riginal . . . thought-provoking . . . [discusses] the dilemma of contemporary society when confronted with knowledge that is not science."" --Wilson Library Bulletin --From the Back Cover

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Henry H. Bauer is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Science Studies and Dean Emeritus of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Earlier he had worked at the Universities of Sydney, Michigan, Southampton, and Kentucky. His publications include more than a hundred articles and eleven books, most recently Dogmatism in Science and Medicine: How Dominant Theories Monopolize Research and Stifle the Search for Truth (2012).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wipf and Stock Publishers; Reprint edition (May 11, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1620322315
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1620322314
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

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signman

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2018

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As a lifelong collector of Loch Ness Monster books, I found this to be quite a superfluous add to my collection. To be honest, it was a purchase simply based on the low price.

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Debra Hunter

This Was Written By An Adult?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 10, 2016

This sounded interesting at first. Also, I wanted to know what has to happen for someone to believe in the Loch Ness monster. My interest diminished the moment he admitted that he believed in Nessie. I knew from that moment that he wasn't going to use logic to form an argument. (No one from that has given me any reason to think otherwise.) He proved me right because, his arguments made little to no sense. (Maybe that's what happens you ignore rational arguments.)

Before I continue, I should mention a minor criticism. The photo placement bothered me. Most of them were placed in the middle of a sentence. Also, there would be several pages of inconclusive pictures following a paragraph. Of course, this doesn't apply to every picture.

Still, the biggest issue was how disrespectful he was towards skeptics. He didn't stop there. He was disrespectful towards believers too, even though that might alienate potential supporters.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 27, 2006

When I was a kid I read everything I could find about the Loch Ness Monster. Although I must admit that I am not a "believer", I remain interested in the Nessie phenomenon and respect those "believers" who are sincere and honest. This is the best book I have found that focuses on the scientific aspects of the monster, with the author dealing with how differences between personal objective and subjective reality impact the monster. What I would like to say is that I wish someone would write a CULTURAL and SOCIAL HISTORY of the Loch Ness Monster( human history, not of the monster herself!) Not written from a scientific standpoint, trying to prove or disprove the monster,or explain belief, but a history as an important event in popular culture over the past 70 some years. This particular book was published by a university press, so why not a human history of the phenomenon written in a serious, scholarly but popularly accessible manner. Everybody has heard of Nessie, perhaps she has not been as important to the world at large as Elvis, the Beatles,rap music or whatever,and without the socio-economic-political implications you can tie into other elements of popular culture, but I think there would be a fair size market for such a book.

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A. Bowdoin Van Riper

A Good Book About Nessie; A Great Book About Science

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 13, 2001

Remember your high school science textbooks' dry-as-dust rundown of "The Scientific Method?" Well, here's the intro to scientific reasoning you *should* have gotten back then: A ferociously intelligent, smoothly written guide to thinking rationally about the natural world.
The title promises a comprehensive, clear-eyed look at the Loch Ness mystery written by an author with an open mind. The book delivers on that promise, and the result is a delight to read. Bauer walks you, surefootedly, through sixty-odd years of Nessie sightings, as well as reactions to them by the public and the scientific community. If you want a reliable, detailed, neutral study of the Loch Ness mystery--here's your book.
The icing on the intellectual cake is that Bauer is interested in more than just Loch Ness. He makes clear in his introduction that he wants to explore how science works and, once again, the book delivers. Bauer walks you, again surefootedly, through concepts like "data" "proof" "theory" and so forth, carefully leaving in the kinds of grey areas that working scientists have to deal with. Two of the best chapters in the book are titled "Bad Reasons for Believing" and "Bad Reasons for Not Believing." Together (especially in the context of the entire book) they're one of the best discussions of scientific reasoning I've ever read.
Recommended for anyone with a serious interest in science . . . even if you don't really care whether there's anything bigger than a trout in Loch Ness.

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P Harrison

LOCH NESS MYSTERY UNRAVELLED

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 5, 2000

This book, is, without doubt, one of the best volumes to be published on the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster. Bauer speaks sensibly of the enigma and provides both positive and negative information to the reader. Bauer produces academic analytical skills as well as those gained by the physical search of Loch Ness to support his undoubted knowledge which he imparts in most readable prose. I thoroughly recommend this work to anyone interested in the case Loch Ness Monster, it provides virtually everything one would need to know.

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